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Gardelegen score: 32/100 (Moderate) Updated September 27, 2026

Is Gardelegen safe? Germany travel risk

Is Gardelegen safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026

Gardelegen scores 32/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Germany Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 13 May 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.

Gardelegen scores 32/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Germany (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Gardelegen: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.

Driven by: security (35/100) and health and medical access (43/100).

A score of 32 is higher than the scores of 36% of the 241 countries we cover.

Consult the Germany travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.

Territorial & Position Context

Gardelegen belongs to Saxony-Anhalt (Germany), centered at coordinates 52.5264° N, 11.3925° E (49 m above sea level). Distance to Berlin is 136.2 km towards the E.

Region
Saxony-Anhalt
Coordinates
52.5264° N, 11.3925° E
Elevation
49 m
Time Zone
Europe/Berlin
Population
21,926
Nearest city with evaluated safety score: Hannover (115.0 km W).

Critical Services & Regional Transit

Aviation Hub Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport (BWE) 61.2 km WSW
Hospital Care Altmark-Klinikum Gardelegen 0.9 km WSW
Police Station Polizeirevier 18.8 km NW
Railway Terminal Gardelegen 1.2 km SE

Adjacent Localities in Germany

Climate by Month

Hottest: August (23 °C avg high); Wettest: June (69 mm).

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
High °C 4° 5° 9° 14° 18° 22° 23° 23° 20° 15° 7° 4°
Low °C -1° -1° 2° 5° 9° 13° 15° 15° 12° 8° 3° -0°
Rain mm 55 43 50 49 59 69 68 55 52 46 49 53

Normals: Biederitz (46.3 km away).

Natural Hazard Calendar & History

5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)

Hazard Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Floods — — — 1 1 — — — — — — —
Droughts — — — — — — — — — — — 1

Most flood events within 100 km of Gardelegen happened in April and May (2 of 2 in five years).

Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.

For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Germany travel advice & laws.

Check the official entry requirements for your nationality before you travel. See the Germany entry requirements.

Regional Centers with Threat Ratings

Wolfsburg 22
42.6 km WSW
Magdeburg 15
47.0 km SSE
Braunschweig 30
66.1 km WSW
Brandenburg 10
78.2 km E
Salzgitter 15
83.2 km WSW
Bernburg 10
84.1 km SSE

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Reference data: SimpleMaps (CC BY 4.0), GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, OurAirports, Open-Meteo, GDACS, USGS · Sources · Editorial Policy